Table 1.
Modified Ridley’s Parasitic Index for quantification of Amastigote Load.
Table 2.
Modified Ridley’s Pattern.
Fig 1.
The most considered differential diagnosis list included Leishmania, Lupus, Lupus Vulgaris, Sarcoidosis whereby seven patients had lesions that fit this differential (see Table 3).
Table 3.
Patients’ clinical microscopic and molecular information.
Fig 2.
Case with Ridley’s Patter 3 showing diffuse lymphoplasmacytic inflammatory infiltrates (A). Case with Ridley’s Pattern 5 showing well-formed granulomas (B).